History Main / GenreAdultery

* Music/RodStewart is best known for his rock and blues-rock albums. And then he spent much of the 2000s recording jazz and pop standards.

** More famously, the biggest hit of his career was ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', a lighthearted action blockbuster in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. While it's rated PG-13 and has a number of darker elements, it, like the rest of the MCU, is aimed at an all-ages audience. Working on the ''Guardians'' films motivated him to tone down his edgy public persona and stop making [[OldShame jokes about AIDS and pedophilia on Twitter]], though his work outside the MCU, like ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' and ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'', is still very R-rated, and his old tweets [[ContractualPurity became the subject of controversy]] in 2018.

* ''VideoGame/BalanWonderworld'' was the first 3D platformer published by legendary JRPG makers Creator/SquareEnix, known for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', and ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. Granted, they did not develop Balan Wonderworld, they were only the publishers, but there have been many reports of ExecutiveMeddling from Square Enix, who were keen to massively expand the game's story and lore (including a tie-in novel) similar to typical [=JRPGs=], culminating in the removal of Yuji Naka as director. General consensus is that they interfered too much in the development of a game in a genre they had no experience with, and it shows in the final product.

* The Music/{{Queen}} album ''[[DorkAge Hot Space]]'' is full of disco songs, a departure from their usual rock music. After ''Hot Space'' they never touched disco again.

* ''VideoGame/BalanWonderworld'' was the first 3D platformer published by legendary JRPG makers Creator/SquareEnix, known for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', and ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. Granted, they did not develop Balan Wonderworld, they were only the publishers, but there have been many reports of ExecutiveMeddling from Square Enix, who were keen to massively expand the game's story and lore (including a tie-in novel), culminating in the removal of Yuji Naka as director. General consensus is that they interfered too much in the development of a game in a genre they had no experience with, and it shows in the final product.

** More famously, the biggest hit of his career was ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', a lighthearted action blockbuster in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. While it's rated PG-13 and has a number of darker elements, it, like the rest of the MCU, is aimed at an all-ages audience. Working on the ''Guardians'' films motivated him to tone down his edgy public persona and stop making [[OldShame jokes about AIDS and pedophilia on Twitter]], though his work outside the MCU, like ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' and ''Series/{{Peacemaker}}'', is still very R-rated, and his old tweets [[ContractualPurity became the subject of controversy]] in 2018.

* Creator/StanleyKubrick was known for making dark, controversial, and artsy films in his lifetime, but while [[DiedDuringProduction he didn't live to see its completion]], ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' was intended to be this, envisioning it as [[LighterAndSofter a bittersweet, but whimsical and futuristic]] {{Pinocchio|Syndrome}}-esque story. Kubrick originally wanted to pass on the project to its eventual director Creator/StevenSpielberg as it was more like [[SignatureStyle his usual style]], but while Spielberg initially convinced Kubrick to hold onto it himself, Kubrick's early death motivated Spielberg to take on the mantle. Because of this rather unique mid-development passing of hands, a lot of people thought that the lighter aspects of the final film were Spielberg defiling a dark Kubrick fable with his signature flim-flam, [[{{Misblamed}} when in reality they were all Kubrick's ideas to begin with]], and made as a conscious ''tribute'' to that sentimentality.

* Music/PaulMcCartney is best known for his pop-rock music (exemplified, of course, by Music/TheBeatles but also in the 1970s with Music/{{Wings}}). However, he's also dabbled in classical music, film scores, and experimental ambient electronica, the latter of which is usually credited to "The Fireman".

* Luke Lerdwichagul aka Creator/Supermarioglitchy4 is best known for his self-titled, meme-filled, [[RapidFireComedy Rapid-Fire]] GagSeries ''Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'', as well as its sister show ''Machinima/GuardsNRetards''. In recent years, however, he also co-created (with his brother Kevin) ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'', a completely original, all-CG animated series with a conventional story structure, and while it still has its comedic moments, the plot and tone is more mature and complex than Luke’s previous works, with the first season ending on [[spoiler: a TheBadGuyWins scenario]] and the second season ending with the BigBad [[spoiler: getting KilledOffForReal at the hands of an unexpected GreaterScopeVillain]], with plenty of elaborate action setpieces and dramatic character moments happening inbetween.
** Subverted with ''WebAnimation/SunsetParadise''; While bring a direct SpinOff of the main [=SMG4=] series and thus much more comedic than ''Meta Runner'' (though the series does get darker in the second half, but still not to the heights of the drama in ''Meta Runner''), not only is it also an conventional story with an original CG animation style, but the series builds on the major CharacterDevelopment of its main protagonist, Meggy Spletzer, stemming from events during and after of both the DarkerAndEdgier [[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64BloopersTheAnimeArc Anime Arc]] and its follow-up movie ''[[Machinima/MeggysDestinyAnSMG4Movie Meggy’s Destiny]]''.

* Music/TheRollingStones album ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest''. The title implies that it's harsh and dark, but it was actually their big attempt at PsychedelicRock. It has since become their most polarising release.

* Music/{{WASP}} had ''Kill Fuck Die'', their industrial metal album. The song-writing itself wasn't actually that far removed from the band's previous few albums, just a bit angrier, but the production turned it into something totally unlike anything else the band has recorded before or since. Whether or not that's a good thing [[BrokenBase is highly dependent on who you ask]].

** He's also directing a film adaptation of ''Series/TheMunsters''. While his involvement is understandable given [[PromotedFanboy his lifelong fandom of the show]] (his SignatureSong "Dragula" is named after Grandpa Munster's coffin dragster), it's still a long way away from his usual style.

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* Creator/YuuWatase is largely known for works aimed at a female audience, with most of her works being [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo]] (while ''Manga/SakuraGari'' is often labeled as [[YaoiGenre BL]], it's technically {{josei}} since it ran in the josei magazine ''Rinka''), but ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'' is her first foray into [[ShonenDemographic shonen]].

* Creator/JoeWright became famous for directing period dramas based off English literature, [[ProductionPosse usually starring]] Creator/KeiraKnightley -- ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice2005'', ''{{Literature/Atonement}}'', ''Literature/AnnaKarenina''. He also made ''Film/{{Hanna}}'', a action-adventure spy thriller, and ''Film/{{Pan}}'', a PG-rated fantasy tentpole blockbuster. The former was [[SleeperHit well-received]], the latter infamously [[BoxOfficeBomb was not]].

** Subverted with ''WebAnimation/SunsetParadise''; While bring a direct SpinOff of the main [=SMG4=] series and thus much more comedic than ''Meta Runner'', not only is it also an conventional story with an original CG animation style, but the series builds on the major CharacterDevelopment of its main protagonist, Meggy Spletzer, stemming from events during and after of both the DarkerAndEdgier [[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64BloopersTheAnimeArc Anime Arc]] and its follow-up movie ''[[Machinima/MeggysDestinyAnSMG4Movie Meggy’s Destiny]]''.

* ''Music/PetSounds'' by Music/TheBeachBoys, with more complex arrangements and lyrics that mostly dealt with grown-up concerns that had nothing to do with surfing, was viewed as this upon release. ''Music/{{Smile}}'' was viewed as this ''by the band'' itself, with Mike Love allegedly telling Brian Wilson "Don't fuck with the formula!"

** Subverted with ''WebAnimation/SunsetParadise''; While bring a direct SpinOff of the main [=SMG4=] series and thus much more comedic than ''Meta Runner'', not only is it also an conventional story with an original CG animation style, but the series builds on the major CharacterDevelopment of its main protagonist, Meggy Spletzer, stemming from events during and after of both the DarkerAndEdgier [[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64BloopersTheAnimeArc Anime Arc]] and it’s follow-up movie ''[[Machinima/MeggysDestinyAnSMG4Movie Meggy’s Destiny]]''.

* Luke Lerdwichagul aka Creator/Supermarioglitchy4 is best known for his self-titled, meme-filled, [[RapidFireComedy Rapid-Fire]] GagSeries ''Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'', as well as it’s sister show ''Machinima/GuardsNRetards''. In recent years, however, he also co-created (with his brother Kevin) ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'', a completely original, all-CG animated series with a conventional story structure, and while it still has its comedic moments, the plot and tone is more mature and complex than Luke’s previous works, with the first season ending on [[spoiler: a TheBadGuyWins scenario]] and the second season ending with the BigBad [[spoiler: getting KilledOffForReal at the hands of an unexpected GreaterScopeVillain]], with plenty of elaborate action setpieces and dramatic character moments happening inbetween.

* Creator/JamesCameron was, in TheNineties, known for action and ScienceFiction movies like ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', the first two ''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay films]], ''Film/TheAbyss'', and ''Film/TrueLies''. And so the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCy5WQ9S4c0 first trailers]] for ''Film/Titanic1997'' heavily played up the action while downplaying the romance between Jack and Rose, even though theirs was the film's central story. Needless to say, Cameron endured a swift backlash from many fans of his, who were puzzled as to why he would make a ChickFlick, though the film's box-office receipts quickly answered that question. [[SubvertedTrope Behind the scenes, however,]] the film was about as pure Cameron as it got, particularly with regards to his love of filmmaking technology. He built a massive set of the ''[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titanic]]'' and [[DoingItForTheArt went out of his way to make sure even the finest details were accurate]], and took actual trips in a submersible to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to film the wreck of the ship.

* Creator/StanleyKubrick was known for making dark, controversial, and artsy films in his lifetime, but while [[DiedDuringProduction he didn't live to see its completion]], ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' was intended to be this, envisioning it as [[LighterAndSofter a bittersweet, but whimsical and futuristic]] {{Pinocchio|Syndrome}}-esque story. Kubrick originally wanted to pass on the project to its eventual director Creator/StevenSpielberg as it was more like [[SignatureStyle his usual style]], but while Spielberg initially convinced Kubrick to hold onto it himself, Kubrick's early death motivated Spielberg to take on the mantle. Because of this rather unique mid-development passing of hands, a lot of people thought that the lighter aspects of the final film were Spielberg defiling a dark Kubrick fable with his signature flim-flam, [[{{Misblamed}} when in reality they were all Kubrick's ideas to begin with]], and made as a direct ''tribute'' to that sentimentality to begin with.

* Creator/StanleyKubrick was known for making dark, controversial, and artsy films in his lifetime, but while [[DiedDuringProduction he didn't live to see its completion]], ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' was intended to be this, envisioning it as [[LighterAndSofter a bittersweet, but whimsical and futuristic]] {{Pinocchio|Syndrome}}-esque story. Kubrick originally wanted to pass on the project to its eventual director Creator/StevenSpielberg as it was more like [[SignatureStyle his usual style]], but while Spielberg initially convinced Kubrick to hold onto it himself, Kubrick's death motivated Spielberg to take on the mantle. Because of this rather unique passing-of-hands during production, a lot of people thought that the lighter aspects of the final film were Spielberg defiling a dark Kubrick fable with his signature flim-flam, [[{{Misblamed}} when in reality they were all Kubrick's ideas to begin with]], and made as a direct ''tribute'' to that sentimentality to begin with.